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2) Dune
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English
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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad-Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
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Frank Herbert's Children of Dune volume 2
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English
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Frank Herbert's Dune was just the beginning. Now, Frank Herbert's monumental saga of a young man's rise to universal power on an embattled desert planet, continues in this extraordinary miniseries based on Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Where it takes you is an epic of the human imagination.
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Frank Herbert's Children of Dune volume 3
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English
Description
Frank Herbert's Dune was just the beginning. Now, Frank Herbert's monumental saga of a young man's rise to universal power on an embattled desert planet, continues in this extraordinary miniseries based on Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Where it takes you is an epic of the human imagination.
Author
Series
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune volume 1
Language
English
Description
Frank Herbert's Dune was just the beginning. Now, Frank Herbert's monumental saga of a young man's rise to universal power on an embattled desert planet, continues in this extraordinary miniseries based on Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Where it takes you is an epic of the human imagination.
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Dune novels. Main series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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Book One in the classic conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles
Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit
8) Dune messiah
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Dune messiah" picks up the story of the man known as Muad'Dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave?
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Dune novels. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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Book Two in the stunning conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles
At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past—including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica—to use their special talents
10) Children of Dune
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The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared into the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced house Corrino is plotting...
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"Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's savior, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity's future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years. Leto's rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has made not only his appearance...
12) Heretics of Dune
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English
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Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying. Now, the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as factions vie for control over...
13) House Harkonnen
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Series
Dune novels. Prelude to Dune volume 2
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson return to the vivid universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, bringing a vast array of rich and complex characters into conflict to shape the destiny of worlds. As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots against the new Emperor and House Atreides-and against the mysterious Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his House, it...
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Dune novels. Heroes of Dune volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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The growing battle between Jessica and her daughter, Alia, continues as Alia tries to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan and Bronso of Ix seems to be leading the opposition against the House of Atreides. "The Winds of Dune" begins after the events of "Dune Messiah".
15) Animal
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Français
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Martine épinglait les photos de cinq fillettes sur le tableau de liège, cinq fillettes âgées de huit et dix ans dont leurs disparitions restaient inexpliquées. Un mystère total. Pourtant, le premier cas remontait déjà un peu moins que cinq ans. Elle regardait ces cinq visages enfantins et elle ne savait pas par qui ou par o commencer. Elle avait beau relire les rapports d'enquête de ces prédécesseurs, elle n'avait aucune piste. Dans ces...
16) Déesses de glace
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Elle était resplendissante comme une poupée vitrifiée, comme une déesse dans son sanctuaire. L'espace était inviolable. Un secteur tout à fait spécial. L'immense dénivellation entre l'avenue des Pins et l'avenue Docteur Penfield faisait penser comme si elle était placée au pied d'un autel dans le choeur d'une chapelle. À quelques pas de là, un large escalier de bois rendait accessible l'avenue des Pins. Les arbres dissimulaient le haut...
17) Mosaïque
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Après 7 mois en poste, un cas compliqué échoua sur son bureau. Portant ses vêtements fétiches pour cette enquête et ayant sous la main son calepin Rhodia et sa plume Rotring, elle se plaisait à penser qu'elle était la future Colombo (la série télévisée américaine) ou Navarro (la série télévisée française). Sur place, elle découvrit une personne défigurée à coups d'un objet contondant qui gisait sans vie dans son lit. Aucune trace...
18) Mentats of Dune
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Series
Dune novels. Schools of Dune volume 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
19) Simmer
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English
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Fantasies come true on this sultry Georgia island.
Emma Vance is the serious sister, happiest running her family's Wilde Dunes Resort from behind the scenes. She leaves the parties and the host duties to her sister, Sara. But when Sara takes off for unknown adventures, Emma is thrust into Sara's role--and finds herself face to face with a sinfully sexy guest. It isn't long before Emma begins considering mixing business with pleasure. Liam Anderson...
20) 1939-1942
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Français
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Tandis qu'à Pointe-à-la-Truite Gilberte Bouchard et ses proches tentent de comprendre cette guerre si lointaine, en Normandie, la réalité est tout autre. Françoise Nicolas, fille d'un important producteur de calvados, épouse son bien-aimé Rémi à quelques heures de son départ au front.
Sans nouvelles du combattant pendant de longs mois, la jeune femme met au monde leur fils, espérant de tout coeur qu'il ait la chance de connaître son père...